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From The Academy: Paul Lerner
This installment of From the Academy, comes from University of Southern California Associate Professor of History Paul Lerner. The piece ...
The Koren Sacks Siddur: Jewish Prayerbook 2.0
In a few weeks, a new siddur is hitting the market with a translation and commentary by Rabbi Dr. Jonathan ...
In Memory’s Kitchen: A Cookbook from a Concentration Camp
A few years ago I came across a book called In Memory’s Kitchen, edited by Cara De Silva. The book ...
Yom HaShoah Roundup
Today is Yom HaShoah, a day to remember and honor the lives of all those who were killed in the ...
Behind the Scenes at the Knesset
I learned most of what I know about the American government from The West Wing, which is probably why I ...
Rejected Team Names for Israeli Baseball Teams
Betar Pogroms Tel Aviv Gestapo Jerusalem Crusaders Beer Sheva Blood Libelers Modi’in Elders of Zion Tevaria Terrorists Ashkelon Arab Blood ...
Wise Fridays: The Role of Freedom
“It is precisely because of the central role of freedom in the value system of the Bible that the liberation ...
Whatever Happened to the Star Wars Marathon?
This past winter, I took a class at the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning. The class was titled “Hollywood ...